Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014)

Guardians Of The Galaxy Synopsis

From Marvel, the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, comes a new team—the Guardians of the Galaxy. An action-packed, epic space adventure, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits—Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon, Groot, a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand—with the galaxy's fate in the balance.

Today marks the one year anniversary of the release of Marvel’s unexpected hit Guardians of the Galaxy. To mark the occasion, James Gunn wrote a touching letter to his fans, and it’s truly something of beauty. Get your tissues ready, this is definitely a tearjerker.

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There is quite possibly no geek debate more well known than the “Who Would Win” argument. Pick two iconic characters from your favorite genres, how disparate they are is no matter, and pit them in a theoretical battle against each other. Chris Pratt was just asked who would win a fight between Star-Lord and Captain America.

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James Gunn took to Periscope recently to talk about Guardians of the Galaxy 2 with the masses, and dropped some interesting tidbits. Here are the five biggest things revelations he provided for the highly-anticipated sequel.

Guardians of the Galaxy successfully served as the first substantive delve into the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s “cosmic” theater. The film’s star, Chris Pratt, hopes the team’s future exploits don’t lead them back to Star-Lord’s home planet.

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Serving as an important litmus test regarding the limits of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Guardians of the Galaxy was a risky project whose success ultimately paid off tremendously. Now, as production for its upcoming gets underway, a curious tidbit has surfaced surrounding its title. It is being reported that the sequel production is currently working under the rather provocative name, Guardians 3000.

Making a follow up to a massive blockbuster has to be stressful. You want to capture what people loved about the first film, but not just rehash what came before. That’s the position James Gunn finds himself in, but he says there is only one thing that really worries him as he tries to follow up Guardians of the Galaxy.

Even before Guardians of the Galaxy dominated the box office and received near-universal acclaim, Marvel knew that the ragtag group of aliens had a long future in store in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Now it looks like the long-term plans for the space franchise extend past just a second installment.

When a rumor implied that Chris Pratt could take over as Indiana Jones, fans were already sizing the Guardians of the Galaxy star up for a signature fedora and leather jacket. After those rumors digested for some time, the question of validity was posed to Guardians director, James Gunn, and let's just say he questions the validity.

Remember that scene at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy when the sentient tree creature Baby Groot got his moment in the spotlight as he danced to Jackson 5's “I Want You Back?” Why wouldn't he let Drax see him dance? Here what director James Gunn had to say.

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Star-Lord was called into action recently to make good on his Super Bowl bet with fellow Superhero Captain America, which he lost when the New England Patriots beat the Seattle Seahawks 28-24. Check out this photo of Pratt visiting Christopher's Haven as Star-Lord with Chris Evans, bringing a genuine smile to a child in need.

After the Thanos tease during the end credits of The Avengers, we yearned for more. And it turns out, there was a chance the tease would’ve continued. It was at the very last minute that Thanos was put in James Gunn’s galactic adventure.

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When the first ever Guardians of the Galaxy trailer premiered last year and fans scrawled through it frame by frame looking for details, many learned an interesting factoid about Rocket Raccoon. Listed along with with Groot as a known associate was someone named Lylla, which some quick research would reveal to many as Rocket's soulmate.

With the uber success of both Guardians of the Galaxy and the Avengers franchise, we’ve been left wondering if the two will ever join forces. There has been speculation, but nothing of substance to really wrap our heads around. Until now.

Writer/director James Gunn was on hand for a recent Q&A session to discuss some secrets of his hit 2014 film Guardians Of The Galaxy. During the live commentary, held on Facebook, Gunn commented on Star-Lord's clever, dirty little overtly-sexual innuendo that Disney chose to leave in, shocking audiences everywhere.

James Gunn has announced that tonight he will be hosting a very special live-commentary of Guardians of the Galaxy. Fans are invited to pop in their copies of the movie into their Blu-ray/DVD players and follow the filmmaker's Facebook account at 7pm PST/10pm EST for a commentary and Q&A session during movie

When the clock struck midnight and December 31, 2014 turned into January 1, 2015, it was James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy that was declared the domestic box office champion of the year. But just because 2014 ended doesn't mean that its films ceased to continue making money. As such, 22 days after last year ended, we now have to crown a new domestic king. Or should I say queen.

Rocket Raccoon was one of Bradley Cooper’s best performances to date. At least, that’s what his American Sniper co-star Sienna Miller thinks. As she said, she was fascinated how Cooper lost all traces of himself in voicing this foulmouthed, gunslinging raccoon. But her favorite thing was what the Oscar-nominated actor did at a recent press event: slip back into his Rocket voice.

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While most movies released last August probably won't stand the test of time, Guardians Of The Galaxy will not be one of those films The latest sign of the film's unlimited supply of charm is this awesome 8-bit remake, which even comes complete with chip tune re-dos of the film's epic soundtrack.

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One of the most memorable scenes of the entire Guardians of the Galaxy film is the mid-credits scene of baby Groot sneakily dance his little heart, aside Drax. And now we have proof of where the delightful little dude got his moves.

Guardians of the Galaxy director and screenwriter James Gunn deserves a big round of applause. Not only was his Marvel movie about an obscure comic book team one of the biggest of the year, it was also recently nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay by the Writers Guild of America, something Gunn was floored by. It turns out he had a good reason for his surprise.

Though we couldn’t imagine Guardians of the Galaxy now without the likes of the foulmouthed Rocket Raccoon and the tree-of-few-words Groot, director James Gunn shared an image over Twitter of his characters imagined as figures from Hanna-Barbera Productions. Now this is an alternate lineup we can get behind!

Today is the day when, all around the world, fireworks are ignited as people celebrate the departure of 2014 and the arrival of 2015. So it seems only appropriate that we would end our year in cinema with a bang as well:

After much agonizing, rank swapping, and last-minute screening squeeze-ins, I am ready to reveal my Top 10 for 2014 - and it’s a list of movies that made me feel hundreds of kinds of emotions throughout the year and that I plan to watch many times again in the future.